UNU Experts

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Carlo Angelo Barace

Carlo is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Rajeev Ranjan

Rajeev Ranjan is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.

Expert Research Associate - Climate Justice

Jaffar Abbas is a researcher on urban climate justice and non-economic loss and damage. With a background in human geography, environmental engineering and climate communication, he's passionate about finding innovative solutions to combat climate change through environmental justice approaches, community engagement and interdisciplinary research.

Expert Student Assistant

Idunnu Temitope Abiade

Expert Researcher, Sustainability Transition and Justice

Dr. Miriam Aczel

Dr. Miriam Aczel’s expertise encompasses international energy law and policy, greenhouse gas removal technologies, local-scale clean energy, science communication, and citizen science.

Expert Adjunct Researcher

Nora Adam

As a natural scientist, Nora Adam worked in multiple international and interdisciplinary research institutions focusing on ecology, forestry, and biodiversity research.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Ilke Adam

Ilke Adam is a part-time Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS.

Expert Adjunct Professor, Water Resources Modeling and Management

Prof. Jan Franklin Adamowski

Jan Franklin Adamowski is a Full Professor in the Department of Bioresource Engineering in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at McGill University.

Expert Finance Consultant

Samuel Mensah Adevor

Samuel Mensah Adevor is a Financial Consultant at UNU INRA.

Expert Research Assistant

Kwabena Adu-Ababio

Kwabena Adu-Ababio is a research assistant at UNU-WIDER, also pursuing a PhD at the University of Helsinki.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Vaibhav Aggarwal

Vaibhav is a sustainability practitioner, driven by research, innovation and problem solving approaches. He is an IIT Roorkee alumnus and has more than a decade of corporate experience in Strategy and Policy.

Expert Lead, Water, Climate and Infrastructure Risk

Prof. Amir AghaKouchak

Professor Amir AghaKouchak serves as the Water, Climate and Infrastructure Risk Lead at UNU-INWEH

Expert Adjunct Professor, Disaster and Emergency Management

Prof. Nirupama Agrawal

Nirupama Agrawal is a Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management (DEM) at York University, Canada, with over 30 years of professional experience.

Expert Research Fellow, Water and agricultural economics in arid and semi-arid regions

Dr. Ifedotun Victor Aina

Dr. Ifedotun Aina is a policy researcher and economist with an active research portfolio at the intersection of water and environmental economics, agricultural economics, and behavioural economics.

Expert Communications Assistant

Arsh Ajmera

Arsh Ajmera works as a Communications Officer at United Nations University MERIT.

Expert JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Mark McCarthy Akrofi

Mark Akrofi is a JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow with dual affiliations at UNU-IAS and Kyoto University.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Abdulhakeem Al-Qubati

Abdulhakeem Amer Abdulhafed Al-Qubati is a Doctoral Researcher in the project “Resource Nexus Issues Revealed by COVID-19 for Professional Communities in the Agri-Food Supply Chain” at UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden since November 2021.

Expert Senior Fellow

Eduardo Albrecht

Dr Albrecht is a political anthropologist with a history of work across government, non-profit, academic, and multilateral organizations. His research focuses on uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in state and international organization decision-making processes.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Ludovico Alcorta

Ludovico Alcorta is Professorial Fellow on "Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development" at UNU MERIT, School of Business and Economics, University of Maastricht.

Expert Head of the Resource Nexus Laboratory in Lusatia

Alexey Alekseenko

Alexey V. Alekseenko is the Head of Resource Nexus Laboratory in Lusatia at UNU-FLORES.